The show stars Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, and Amy Landecker as siblings whose father (played by Jeffrey Tambor) reveals she is going through a significant life transition.The pilot for Transparent was picked up by Amazon Studios.Tambor had previously portrayed transgender judge Alan Wachtel on the police procedural television show Hill Street Blues in the 1980s.Soloway wrote Hoffmann's role after seeing her performance on Season 3 of Louis C.K.'s show Louie.Soloway created the pilot Transparent Seasons 1-4 DVD for Amazon.com, which became available for free streaming and download on February 6, 2014 and was part of Amazon's second pilot season.She was inspired by her father, who came out as transgender.